Watch the video… a couple times. And more… Let it wash over you. This is your senior year in high school, a pretty big time in your life. Listen and watch and think; what does it say to you. Follow the guidelines below. In the end you will provide ten separate answers on this assignment. Number each one thru eight. Do not repeat your choices from the photo with choices in the quotes. Be creative. Analyze. Personalize. Say something! Assignment is worth 100 points.
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2020 The Year in Seven Minutes
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Happy Holidays in Chicago
CHICAGO TRIP SATURDAY DECEMBER 21, 2019
Hey guys…its the holiday season, which means its time for Senior Current Issues (and all the foreign kids) to make the Christmas trek to Chicago. Every year we do this…and every year we have a great time! We meet at OHS Parking Lot (7:00 AM) We carpool (no student drivers) to Michigan City, Indiana. And then we take the Southshore line train into the Windy City ($10.25 one way). It drops us smak dab in the middle of town – directly under Millennium Park. We head up the stairs and scatter. Go where you want. Have a great time. Meet back at the train – the return trip will depend on weather and plans. We will confirm return time prior to going – so parents will know times before we leave.
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Meditation – Minding the Body, Mending the Mind
…a study of meditation and mindfulness
The mission of this study is to introduce you to the concept of mindfulness and the practice of meditation. By using a multitude of sources to explore meditation it is my hope that you realize the potential that these skills can bring to improve the quality of your life. We will use Joan Borysenko’s Minding the Body, Mending the Mind, as a base study on how to meditate. We will hear from Jon Kabat-Zinn. We will listen to NPR podcasts that teach you meditate, and podcasts that explore the practical implications of mindfulness.
At the end of this study I hope that I’ve sufficiently introduced you to the miracle of mindfulness.
Go here for a podcast of a pleasant 5:00 guided meditation.
Go here to access a series of meditation podcasts from the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center.
Focus of Study – below:
- Minding the Body, Mending the Mind – Joan Borysenko
- Schoology Assignment – in conjunction with Borysenko
- Here and Now – The Science of Mindfulness and Meditation with Jon Kabat-Zinn of MBSR University of Massachusetts Hospital.
- Sixty Minutes with Anderson Cooper – Mindfulness
Supplemental Posts – below:
- New York Times – “Mindful Eating as food for thought” /copy – link
- New York Times – “Walking Towards Mindfulness” /copy – link
- NPR Podcast – Be Here Now; Meditation for Body and Brain
- NPR Podcast– Thru Meditation Veterans relearn compassion
- Phil Jackson Interview – On the NBA and Mindfulness
- Meditate Anywhere – Anytime. short video.
- A quick minute – short video
- Thich Nhat Hahn – wikipedia / facebook / Thich Quang Duc in S Vietnam
- Washing Dishes– The Miracle of Mindfulness Thich Naht Hahn
- Final Assignment –Just be in the Moment
And – Simply Being, a highly recommended phone App for meditation. It’s only $1.99. A paltry sum to achieve total enlightenment…
Finally – “Be the ball Danny…be the ball.”
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Active Reading and Reflective Writing
The key to effective discourse, written or oral, is the depth that you bring to the table. Passion is good; it inspires you to explore those things that truly interest you. But if you don’t know what you’re talking about, it isn’t long before you become just another boor. So do your homework; learn your issues. Order yourself intellectually, before entering into discussion. Continue reading
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Last King of Scotland – ACR #7
In like some horrible way he was a puppet come to life, he was like a plaything of the empire that turned around and said “boo!”
Amy Blancolli Houston Chro
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First of all this is a totally optional assignment. If you choose to do it, and you earn an A or B, I will replace your low 30/60 point grade with this grade. If you choose not to do it – no harm, no foul. So if you are a go… you must make three substantial posts.
Dr. Nicholas Garrigan was a fictional character in the film The Last King of Scotland. When I first found this out I was angry. I felt like I had been lied to. I mean the entire movie, in the back of my mind I’m thinking how in god’s name can a young “wet behind the ears” white Scottish doctor get this close to one of history’s real monsters. Come on; he shoots the damn cow. He trades uniforms with Amin. He runs around at Amin’s pool party and ends up having sex with one of his wives. That’s crazy! And at the end he escapes? And not just escapes – he gets out in the raid at Entebbe! Continue reading
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